| State |
Presidential
Primary |
Primary |
Runoff |
Filing
Deadline |
| Alabama |
3/13/12 |
3/13/12 |
4/24/12 |
1/13/12 |
| Alaska |
3/6/12 |
8/28/12 |
|
6/1/12 |
| Arizona |
2/28/12 |
8/28/12 |
|
5/30/12 |
| Arkansas |
5/22/12 |
5/22/12 |
6/12/12 |
3/1/12 |
| California |
6/5/12 |
6/5/12 |
|
3/9/12 |
| Colorado |
2/7/12 |
6/26/12 |
|
4/2/12 |
| Connecticut 1 |
4/24/12 |
8/14/12 |
|
6/12/12 |
| Delaware |
4/24/12 |
9/11/12 |
|
7/10/12 |
| Florida |
1/31/12 |
8/14/12 |
|
6/8/12 |
| Georgia 2 |
3/6/12 |
7/31/12 |
8/21/12 |
5/25/12 |
| Hawaii |
3/13/12 |
8/11/12 |
|
6/5/12 |
| Idaho |
3/6/12 |
5/15/12 |
|
3/9/12 |
| Illinois |
3/20/12 |
3/20/12 |
|
12/27/11 |
| Indiana |
5/8/12 |
5/8/12 |
|
2/10/12 |
| Iowa |
1/3/12 |
6/5/12 |
|
3/16/12 |
| Kansas 3 |
3/10/12 |
8/7/12 |
|
6/11/12 |
| Kentucky |
5/22/12 |
5/22/12 |
|
2/17/12 |
| Louisiana |
3/24/12 |
11/6/12 |
12/1/12 |
8/17/12 |
| Maine 4 |
2/11/12 |
6/12/12 |
|
3/15/12 |
| Maryland |
4/3/12 |
4/3/12 |
|
1/11/12 |
| Massachusetts |
3/6/12 |
9/6/12 |
|
5/8/12 |
| Michigan |
2/28/12 |
8/7/12 |
|
5/15/12 |
| Minnesota 1 |
2/7/12 |
8/14/12 |
|
6/5/12 |
| Mississippi |
3/13/12 |
3/13/12 |
4/3/12 |
1/13/12 |
| Missouri |
3/17/12 |
8/7/12 |
|
3/27/12 |
| Montana |
6/5/12 |
6/5/12 |
|
3/12/12 |
| Nebraska 5 |
5/15/12 |
5/15/12 |
|
3/1/12 |
| Nevada |
2/4/12 |
6/12/12 |
|
3/16/12 |
| New Hampshire |
1/10/12 |
9/11/12 |
|
6/15/12 |
| New Jersey |
6/5/12 |
6/5/12 |
|
4/2/12 |
| New Mexico |
6/5/12 |
6/5/12 |
|
3/20/12 |
| New York 6 |
4/24/12 |
6/26/12 |
|
4/16/12 |
| North Carolina 7 |
5/8/12 |
5/8/12 |
7/17/12 |
2/29/12 |
| North Dakota |
3/6/12 |
6/12/12 |
|
4/13/12 |
| Ohio |
3/6/12 |
3/6/12 |
|
12/30/11 |
| Oklahoma |
3/6/12 |
6/26/12 |
8/28/12 |
4/13/12 |
| Oregon |
5/15/12 |
5/15/12 |
|
3/6/12 |
| Pennsylvania |
4/24/12 |
4/24/12 |
|
2/14/12 |
| Rhode Island |
4/24/12 |
9/11/12 |
|
6/27/12 |
| South Carolina |
1/21/12 |
6/12/12 |
6/26/12 |
3/30/12 |
| South Dakota |
6/5/12 |
6/5/12 |
6/26/12 |
3/27/12 |
| Tennessee |
3/6/12 |
8/2/12 |
|
4/5/12 |
| Texas |
5/29/12 |
5/29/12 |
7/31/12 |
3/9/12 |
| Utah 1 |
6/26/12 |
6/26/12 |
|
3/15/12 |
| Vermont |
3/6/12 |
8/28/12 |
|
6/14/12 |
| Virginia 8 |
3/6/12 |
6/12/12 |
|
3/29/12 |
| Washington |
3/3/12 |
8/7/12 |
|
5/18/12 |
| West Virginia |
5/8/12 |
5/8/12 |
|
1/28/12 |
| Wisconsin |
4/3/12 |
8/14/12 |
|
6/1/12 |
| Wyoming 9 |
3/6/12 |
8/21/12 |
|
6/1/12 |
Notes:
Presidential primary dates are for Republican primaries only. Dates in italics denote caucuses.
1 Connecticut, Minnesota, and Utah conduct nominating conventions prior to their primaries.
2 Georgia will also conduct a general election runoff on 12/4.
3 Kansas's filing deadline is delayed until 6/11 if redistricting is not complete by 5/10.
4 Maine's caucuses were held from 1/29 to 3/3, which include a non-binding straw poll. The results of the straw poll were made public on 2/11.
5 Nebraska incumbents must file by 2/15.
6 A federal judge has ordered New York's congressional primary moved to 6/26. New York's state and local primaries are still scheduled for 9/11.
7 North Carolina will instead hold a runoff on 6/26 for state offices only if no runoff is required for federal offices.
8 Virginia Democrats will conduct nominating conventions in the 1st, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th Districts.
9 Wyoming's caucuses were held from 3/6 to 3/10.
Sources: FEC (PDF) | Green Papers
